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Lewis Grabban is ‘the best striker in the division’ and the goals will flow for him at Nottingham Forest, insists Aitor Karanka.

The Reds boss has faith that the £6m man will prove to be an astute signing and is confident that he will find the back of the net regularly in the Championship.

Grabban, 30, scored 20 goals last season, including 12 for struggling Sunderland, before moving to bolster Aston Villa’s promotion push with another eight.

He is yet to register for Forest in four starts and two sub appearances in the Championship, although it is still early days – and, while he had a prodigious work rate at Swansea, his efforts were not rewarded with a single meaningful sight of goal.

And Karanka remains convinced that if the former Bournemouth man retains the right attitude, he will reap the benefits soon.

Lewis Grabban battles Joe Rodon at the Liberty (Image: Dan Westwell)

“I do not have any doubts over him. He is a good striker. In fact I know that he is the best striker in the division,” said Karanka. “He has scored goals last season and he will score goals for us, here.

“Even if he does not score but he works to the same level as he did today, there will be other players who will score goals for us.